Paddy McMenamin shares his thoughts on the year 2020 with an extract from his book Walking Through a Story of Life....
Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....
The dog had been missing since morning. It was getting late in the day, but I still wasn’t too keen...
Last days in August The tarmac heats the rubber soles of my boots. It’s hotter here than I had expected...
TOBY’S SOLILOQUY To think what stands against me still is not the harm of falling off a ladder at two-storey...
I know when my father has done something wrong because there’s no butter in the fridge. When my mother takes...
“Don’t worry,” I told my girlfriend. “There are a lot eighteen year-olds that live around us. They’ll get eaten first.”...
Last year Ireland braced for Hurricane Ophelia, a rare storm to hit the island. It was expected to be the...
My parents packed their bags and came to visit me on what they termed their “once in a lifetime trip.” ...
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